A Rainy Afternoon in the Doll Room

I’ve been neglecting this blog for a couple of months so today I decided that a return to wet wintry weather was a good excuse to take some new photos in the doll room.

The dolls I’m going to show you today are a mixed bunch that came from op shops, garage sales and eBay. I’m planning a page on Canadian dolls and some of them were taken with this in mind but also to show how they looked when I got them.

My Biggest Doll

I spotted her when my sister and I went to the Sunday morning market held at the Showgrounds at Glenorchy. I wondered if she was an Ideal Patty Playpal as I didn’t know who else made such large dolls and I was sure she wasn’t an English doll. She wasn’t though.She was a bit of a sight, dressed in an old T shirt that was too big for her.

This is how she looked when I first saw her.

As she didn’t appear to be in too bad condition I asked how much she was and was told $15 which I felt was not a bad price for such a large doll. After giving it some thought I decided to buy her.

When I got her back to my sister’s place I examined her more thoroughly and discovered that her biggest issue, which I hadn’t noticed at the market was that there were big holes in the heels of her feet. However I decided that footwear would cover that fault and other than that she was not in bad shape.

While we were at the market I visited a stall selling dolls clothes and bought a dress that I felt would fit her and some child’s underwear. Later on after various attempts to find a pair of shoes that would fit her I found that I had a pair of knitted baby bootees that I’d bought somewhere and they fitted perfectly and even went well with the dress.

Dressed in her new clothes.

I don’t know a great deal about her but she stands 36 inches or about 90cm tall and she is marked Regal Dolls so I know that she is from Canada.

Another Op Shop Dolly

This doll is another one my sister found for me, I can’t remember now if she was from a garage sale or the local Op Shop but Naomi thought I would like her and she was cheap so she got her for me.

DeeGee when I got her

I immediately liked her cute face and rather surprised expression. When I had a look for markings I found DeeGee, Canada. So far I haven’t been able to find out anything about that company but I did think that her face was a very similar shape to another Canadian doll I have by Star.

Similar shaped face

Here is Dee Gee tidied up. Dee Gee is about 18 inches or 45 cm tall. The little 14 inch “Star” doll hasn’t got an outfit yet but I plan to knit her one, in red and white of course.

Dee Gee “After”

Loved by their previous Owners

Here are a couple who arrived in outfits that had been made especially for them by some loving mum or grandma probably. A lot of the dolls I get come wearing no clothes or clothes that don’t fit them or suit them so I do a lot of swapping around but these two I decided to leave just as they were.

Is she a Princess? Or maybe a Bridesmaid? Anyway she has a pretty dress, stockings, slippers and even jewellery.

She does have a little discolouration around her chin, too much rasberry cordial perhaps. I haven’t tried to remove it so far. “Princess” as I have nicknamed this doll is about 18 inches tall and yes, she is Canadian too as she is marked Regal.

This next doll I’ve nicknamed Annie because she reminds me of the little girl in the musical. Annie is made by Evergreen, a Hong Kong company. I don’t know how old she is but I’m thinking she might be late 60s or early 70s. Annie is also about 18 inches tall.

Annie in the knitted outfit she arrived in.

The funny thing about Annie is her hair.I don’t know if this was the way she left the factory or if some hairdressing accident happened to her but you can see two distinct colours in the back and front.

Annie’s hair seen from the back.

I have a few other dolls to show you next time and I will be putting up my Canadian dolls page soon so look out for that.

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Born in England in 1957 my family came to Australia in 1966. I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, where I met and married my husband David. We came together over a mutual love of trains. Both of us worked for the railways for many years, his job was with Australian National Railways, while I spent 12 years working for the STA, later TransAdelaide the Adelaide city transit system. After leaving that job I worked in hospitality until 2008.
We moved to Tasmania in 2002 to live in the beautiful Huon Valley. David passed away in 2015 and I'm here on my own now but I have Cindy the dog and Polly the cat to keep me company.
I currently co-write two Wordpress blogswith my sister Naomi. Our doll blog "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls", and a "Our Other Blog" which is about everything else but with a focus on photographs and places in Tasmania.
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The doll that you’ve identified as DeeGee is probably a Dee an Cee doll, although I don’t know which one. The Dee an Cee Toy Company Ltd. operated in Canada from 1938 to 1964, although it was sold to Mattel in 1962. The Dee and Cee comes from the first letters of the last names of the original owners: Max Diamond and Morris Cone. Your Dee an Cee is a real cutie. 🙂

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About Naomi

I came to Australia with my mother and sister Vanda in 1966 from the UK aboard the Sitmar liner Castel Felice. We settled in South Australia I lived in the western suburbs of Adelaide for most of my life. I became very interested in retro items in my twenties. It was always a dream of mine to have an old house and fill it with retro items. I have done it twice now. My main interest is collecting old things. They do not have to be valuable, only interesting. There is something reassuring about old retro items. I have all sorts of things including doll related items. My other interests are my beautiful pets, art and going for drives to who knows where. I also enjoy board games or doing a scenic jig saw puzzle on a wintry afternoon by the fire. My goal is to travel a bit more as there are some places I would love to see

About Vanda

Born in England in 1957 my family came to Australia in 1966. I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, where I met and married my husband David. We came together over a mutual love of trains. Both of us worked for the railways for many years, his job was with Australian National Railways, while I spent 12 years working for the STA, later TransAdelaide the Adelaide city transit system. After leaving that job I worked in hospitality until 2008.
We moved to Tasmania in 2002 to live in the beautiful Huon Valley. David passed away in 2015 and I'm here on my own now but I have Cindy the dog and Polly the cat to keep me company.
I currently co-write two Wordpress blogswith my sister Naomi. Our doll blog "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls", and a "Our Other Blog" which is about everything else but with a focus on photographs and places in Tasmania.

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